November 18, 2002 - 18:58 AMT
KRASNODAR TERRITORY EX-GOVERNOR NOT HIDE HIS DISLIKE TO ARMENIANS
«Russians lose Adler: 50% of pupils of the Adler schools are Armenians». As «Yerkramas» newspaper of Armenians in South Russia states, Krasnodar Territory ex-governor Nikolay Kondratenko, the leader of influential «Motherland» party, has made that statement. He accused of that the ex-head of the Adler region Azat Asaturov, who, according to him, once assisted Armenians in the region to get illegal residence permit and thus increased the number of Armenians in the region. Another Armenian-Yervand Yaili, as «Yerkramas» newspaper states, being «Motherland» party member, did not get the party support to be a candidate for the Krasnodar Territory Legislative Assembly. According to Kondratenko, though Yaili is «a wonderful person and an ardent patriot of Russia, his being candidature for the Legislative Assembly could cause disorders among the party members». That means that exactly Armenian background of the deputy candidate for the Krasnodar parliament was not supported by the party members, the newspaper states.